About the Alert Program® "If your body is like a car engine, sometimes it runs on high, sometimes it runs on low, and sometimes it runs just right." When teachers, therapists, or parents use these simple words to begin the Alert Program®, they enter an exciting adventure with children. The journey unfolds easily with the program's clearly defined steps for teaching self-regulation awareness. The book, How Does Your Engine Run? A Leader's Guide to the Alert Program® for Self-Regulation (Williams & Shellenberger, 1996), describes an innovative program that supports children, teachers, parents, and therapists to choose appropriate strategies to change or maintain states of alertness. Students learn what they can do before a spelling test or homework time to attain an optimal state of alertness for their tasks. Teachers learn what they can do after lunch, when their adult nervous systems are in a low alert state and their students are in a high alert state. Parents learn what they can do to help their toddler's nervous system change from a high alert state to a more appropriate low state at bedtime. Leaders of the program not only learn what they can do to support self-regulation, but how to share the underlying theory so all can understand the basics of sensory integration. By reading the book or attending a conference, adults increase awareness of their own self-regulation thereby improving their ability to facilitate students' optimal functioning. The Sensory-Motor Preference Checklist (for Adults) is a tool used to support this learning process. For example by filling out the checklist, adults may discover that before work, they may drink coffee, take a brisk walk, or listen to jazzy music to get their engine up and going for the day. Or others may find that they drink hot chocolate, rock in a rocking chair, or watch the glow of a fireplace to get their engine slowed down after a busy day. Bringing to awareness what most people do automatically in their daily routines, fosters the understanding of how important self-regulation is for students' functioning. Although the Alert Program® initially was intended for children with attention and learning difficulties, ages 8-12, it has been adapted for preschool through adult and for a variety of disabilities. If children are intellectually challenged or developmentally younger than the age of eight, the program's concepts can be utilized by staff to develop sensory diets (Wilbarger & Wilbarger, 1991) to enhance learning . Join the group of teachers, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, physical therapists, adapted physical educators, educational assistants, counselors, social workers, and parents who are enhancing children's lives using the Alert Program®.
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New Brunswick, NJ

November 20th - November 21st, 2010
Seminar Hours:
Day 1 - 9:00AM Thru 5:00PM
* Registration Begins at 8:30AM
Day 2 - 9:00AM Thru 5:00PM

Conference Site:
Children's Specialized Hospital
200 Somerset Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Contact Phone: 732-258-7000


Parking at Hotel:
Parking is located at the Plum Street Garage to the left of the Hospital. The cost is $1.50 per hour for four hours and $1.00 per hour after that.

Directions to Conference Site:
From The South (I-95 North / New Jersey Turnpike North): At Exit 9, take ramp right for RT-18 North toward Tower Center Blvd. / New Brunswick / Trenton / Princeton for 0.9 miles. Bear right onto SR-18 North for 2.2 miles. Take ramp right for SR-27 South / Albany St toward Princeton for 0.5 miles. Turn right onto CR-527 / Easton Ave. and travel 0.1 miles. Turn left onto Somerset St. and travel 0.3 miles. Children’s Specialized Hospital is on left side at the corner of Somerset and Plum Streets. To access the parking garage from Somerset St., continue on Somerset St. past Plum St. and turn left onto Prospect St. At the end of Prospect St., turn left onto French St. and make a quick left onto Plum Street. The entrance to the parking garage is on the left.

From The West (US-1): Take ramp right for RT-26 / Livingston Ave toward New Brunswick for 0.3 miles. Turn right onto SR-26 / Livingston Ave for 0.6 miles. Turn left onto CR-680 / How Ln. for 0.3 miles. Turn right onto SR-91 / Jersey Ave and travel 2.1 miles. Bear right onto SR-27 / French St. and travel 0.2 miles. Turn left onto Plum St. and begin looking for the parking garage access on the left. Children’s Specialized Hospital is at the corner of Somerset and Plum Streets.

From 150 New Providence Road: Travel Northwest on New Providence Rd. / CR-645 toward Fernwood Rd. for 0.2 miles. Turn left onto US-22 / Springfield Rd. Continue to follow US-22 W. for 13.7 miles. Merge onto I-287 S toward I-95 / Perth Amboy / New Jersey Turnpike for 4.2 miles. Take the Easton Ave / CR-527 exit- Exit 10- toward S. Bound Brook / New Brunswick for 0.2 miles. Make a slight right onto Easton Ave. / CR-527 S. Continue to follow CR-527 S. for 4.7 miles. Turn right onto Somerset St. and travel 0.3 miles. Children’s Specialized Hospital is on left side at the corner of Somerset and Plum Streets. To access the parking garage from Somerset St., continue on Somerset St. past Plum St. and turn left onto Prospect St. At the end of Prospect St., turn left onto French St. and make a quick left onto Plum St. The entrance to the parking garage is on the left.
 
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